FC Wohlen

FC Wohlen
Full name Fussballclub Wohlen 1904
Founded 1904
Ground Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen
Ground Capacity 5,000 (634 seated)
Chairman Andy Wyder
Manager Martin Rueda
League Swiss Challenge League
2015–16 8th

FC Wohlen is a Swiss football club based in the town Wohlen in Canton Aargau. They play in the Challenge League, the second highest league in the country.

The club was founded in May 1904 and holds the honour of being the oldest football club in Switzerland that is not in a city. From 1930 to 1932 the team played in the Swiss Super League, the highest league in Switzerland, but mostly it has played in the 2nd or 3rd tiers. The greatest success of their recent history was their promotion to the Challenge League in 2002. In the autumn of 2004 they moved into their new stadium, Stadion Niedermatten.

The most famous former player is Ciriaco Sforza.

Current squad

As of 29 August 2016 [1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo GK Joël Kiassumbua
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Sead Hajrović
5 Italy DF Davide Giampà
6 Switzerland FW Nico Abegglen
7 Switzerland FW Marvin Graf (on loan from Zürich)
8 Republic of Macedonia MF Muhamed Seferi
9 Switzerland FW Marko Dangubic (on loan from Young Boys)
10 Switzerland MF Miguel Castroman (on loan from Young Boys)
11 Serbia MF Marko Muslin
13 Argentina FW Augusto Lotti (on loan from Avellaneda)
19 Switzerland MF Janick Kamber
No. Position Player
20 Switzerland FW Janko Pacar
22 Switzerland DF Florian Stahel
23 Germany MF Ronny Minkwitz
29 Switzerland DF Olivier Kleiner (on loan from Luzern)
30 Albania GK Flamur Tahiraj
31 Switzerland MF Alain Schultz
32 Switzerland DF Noah Loosli (on loan from Grasshopper)
33 Switzerland MF Sandro Foschini
34 Switzerland GK Dominik Stutzer
35 Switzerland DF Yannick Schmid (on loan from Luzern)

Former Managers

See Category:FC Wohlen managers.

Stadium

The stadium is located in an area of Wohlen known as the "low mats". The stadium is owned by the Wohlen Council.

The total capacity is 3,734. Of these, 634 seats and 3100 standing.

The stadium is part of the a sports complex which includes, in addition to the football stadium, an athletics facility with 400-meter circular track, an inline skating space, two all-weather football pitches and nine tennis courts. The construction work began in autumn 2002 and was completed in spring 2004.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fcwohlen.ch/1-mannschaft/kader/
  2. ↑ http://www.sfl.ch/challengeleague/klubs/fc-wohlen/

External links


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